Israel in the News

Israelis see an opportunity to improve relations with the U.S. under the Trump administration. In particular, they are cautiously optimistic after Donald Trump’s comments on the Iran Deal among other issues.

Arson is the suspected cause of many of the massive wildfires that recently spread across northern Israel. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and some 70,000 people were forced to evacuate Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city.

After UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, passed a resolution denying Jewish ties to holy sites in Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount and Western Wall, Israeli leaders fired back.

Israeli leaders are denouncing a resolution passed by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, that denies Jewish ties to holy sites in Jerusalem, including the Western Wall.